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Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way - Cocaine, the Third Scourge (2000)
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TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary, Crime, History

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Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way - Cocaine, the Third Scourge (2000)

TV-PG

TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Derived from South America's coca leaf, cocaine was touted as a cure-all in the late 19th century and was the secret ingredient in many medicines and elixirs such as Coca-Cola. But cocaine's allure quickly diminished as racism entered the ...See moreDerived from South America's coca leaf, cocaine was touted as a cure-all in the late 19th century and was the secret ingredient in many medicines and elixirs such as Coca-Cola. But cocaine's allure quickly diminished as racism entered the picture - the concept of the "cocaine-crazed Negro" even led police to strengthen the caliber of their guns from .32 to .38. We'll see how, though it was outlawed in 1914, its popularity soared in the 1980s and '90s and gave birth to a deadlier form - crack. Written by Anonymous See less

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Name	Known for
Pam Lingle Self - Former Addict Self - Former Addict See fewer	Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way - Cocaine, the Third Scourge (2000)
Mark Saunders Self - Former Addict Self - Former Addict See fewer	Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way - Cocaine, the Third Scourge (2000)
Tony Anderson Self - Austin, Texas (as Dr. Tony Anderson) Self - Austin, Texas (as Dr. Tony Anderson) See fewer	Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way - Cocaine, the Third Scourge (2000)
Darryl Inaba Self Self See fewer	Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America (2009)
Lester Ginspoon Self (as Lester Grinspoon) Self (as Lester Grinspoon) See fewer	The Hemp Revolution (1995)
Patricia M. Tice Self Self See fewer	Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way - Opium, Morphine, and Heroin (2000)
David Musto Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Cliff Schaffer Self Self See fewer	Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way - LSD, Ecstasy, and the Raves (2000)
John McWilliams Self - Penn State Self - Penn State See fewer	Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way - Cocaine, the Third Scourge (2000)
Joseph McNamara Self Self See fewer	60 Minutes (1968)
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Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Nancy Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Lou Rice Self (as Louis Rice) Self (as Louis Rice) See fewer	American Gangster (2006)